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Gow, John, 1697 or 1698-1725

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Personal name headingGow, John, 1697 or 1698-1725
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Variant(s)Gow, John, 1697 or 8-1725
Smith, John, 1697 or 1698-1725
Birth date[1697,1698]
Death date1725
Found inAn account of the conduct and proceedings of the late John Gow alias Smith, captain of the late pirates, executed for murther & piracy committed on board the George gally, afterwards call'd the Revenge; with a relation of all the horrid murthers they committed in cold blood; as also of their being taken at the Islands of Orkney, and sent up prisoners to London, 2009: p.5 (born in Thurso around 1697)
Wikipedia, 4 Nov. 2010 (John Gow (c. 1698-11 June 1725); he adopted the name Mr. Smith for himself, and renamed his vessel the George, and passed as a wealthy trader)